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Articles 1 - 30 of 31
Full-Text Articles in Social Work
The Impaired Social Worker, Frederic Reamer
The Impaired Social Worker, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
The social work literature contains little about the impaired professional, despite increased attention to the problem by other professions. This article discusses the concept of the impaired professional; reviews research on the various types of impairment, the prevalence and causes of impairment, and responses to it; and outlines a model assessment and action plan for social workers who encounter an impaired colleague. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR].
Clients' Right To Competent And Ethical Treatment, Frederic Reamer
Clients' Right To Competent And Ethical Treatment, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
Although clients do not have a right to effective treatment, they do a have a right to competent and ethical treatment. Clients have a right to expect that social workers will provide services in a manner consistent with prevailing practice and ethical standards. This article explores social workers' obligation to provide service competently and ethically, focusing especially on issues related to social workers' guaranteeing treatment results, expertise, and competence; representing qualifications and expertise; monitoring and evaluating treatment effectiveness; and using of research-based knowledge to guide practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR].
A Duty To Warn, An Uncertain Danger / Discussion, Frederic Reamer
A Duty To Warn, An Uncertain Danger / Discussion, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
The commitment of confidentiality in the various health and mental health professions is deep-seated. Codes of ethics routinely cite the professional's obligation to hold in confidence information that a client shares. The Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers--which is pertinent to Mrs. D's predicament--is representative: "The social worker should respect the privacy of clients and hold in confidence all information obtained in the course of professional service."
Juvenile Correctional Reform, Frederic Reamer
Juvenile Correctional Reform, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
The field of juvenile justice was established in the late nineteenth century and for roughly the next half century refined its ways of dealing with juvenile offenders. Over time, the need for specialized juvenile police, courts, and correctional facilities became well accepted.
Documentation In Social Work, Frederic Reamer
Documentation In Social Work, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
Social workers' understanding of the relevance of documentation has evolved over time. During the profession's earliest years, social workers viewed documentation primarily as a mechanism to facilitate theory building, research, and teaching. This was followed by social workers' development of detailed and sophisticated documentation standards for clinical and other direct practice settings. Most recently, social workers have begun to appreciate the relevance of documentation for risk-management purposes, particularly as a tool to protect clients and to protect practitioners in the event of an ethics complaint or lawsuit. This article updates the profession's literature on documentation by summarizing current ethical and …
Malpractice Claims Against Social Workers: First Facts, Frederic Reamer
Malpractice Claims Against Social Workers: First Facts, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
Malpractice claims against social workers are increasing. Unfortunately, to date social workers have not had access to data about the frequency, types, and cost of malpractice claims filed against practitioners. This article summarizes claims data drawn from the records of the National Association of Social Workers Insurance Trust covering the period between 1969 and 1990. Data are provided on the frequency and cost of claims for various claims categories. Suggestions are offered to minimize the occurrence of liability claims and to enhance risk management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR].
Moral Philosophy Meets Social Work, Frederic Reamer
Moral Philosophy Meets Social Work, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
In recent years, social workers have become increasingly aware of ethical dilemmas in practice. Beginning especially in the mid-to-late 1970s, social work's literature has included a steady stream of reflections on difficult moral choices involving conflicts among professional duties and obligations (Loewnberg and Dolgoff 1996; Congress 1998; Reamer 1998, 1999). To what extent do clients have the right to engage in self-harming behavior without interference? How should social workers allocate scarce or limited resources such as emergency services, shelter beds, funds, and even their own time? Is it ethically permissible for social workers to violate laws and regulations they believe …
Boundary Issues In Social Work, Frederic Reamer
Boundary Issues In Social Work, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
Social work literature clearly demonstrates that ethical issues related to boundaries are among the most problematic and challenging. Boundary issues involve circumstances in which social workers encounter actual or potential conflicts between their professional duties and their social, sexual, religious, or business relationships. This article provides an overview of boundary issues in social work (circumstances involving dual and multiple relationships); presents a conceptually based typology of boundary issues in the profession; and provides guidelines to help social workers manage the boundary issues and risks that arise in practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR].
Between First And Final Impressions, Frederic Reamer
Between First And Final Impressions, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
The article discusses the issues related to social work education. The author believes that one reason is that many authors seem to have the impression that a paper that is meant for social work education must be quantitatively oriented and empirically based to be published. To many this means con- ducting studies on fairly narrow questions that may be of interest to a limited audience. Junior faculty especially, he has found, often believe that tenure and pro- motion committees are much more interested in published papers filled with statistical analyses and tables than in theoretical or conceptually oriented essays. The …
Informed Consent In Social Work, Frederic Reamer
Informed Consent In Social Work, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
With increasing frequency social workers are being expected to comply with legal requirement to obtain informed consent form clients. In this article, the evolution of the concept of informed consent is traced and its implications for social work practice are discussed. Particular attention is paid to legal statutes and case law with which social workers need to be acquainted to protect client right and to avoid being held liable for malpractice or negligence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR].
Liability Issues In Social Work Supervision, Frederic Reamer
Liability Issues In Social Work Supervision, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
Supervision is recognized widely as a central role in social work practice. Beginning with the work of the Charity Organization Societies in the nineteenth century, supervision has been the principal means for transmitting professional knowledge and skill from the experienced to the inexperienced, from the trained to the untrained, and from field instructor to student. Although social workers have learned significantly more about pedagogical and technical aspects of supervision in recent years, one important aspect of the supervisory role has been neglected: liability risks faced by the social work supervisor. Until recently, a lawsuit against a mental health professional was …
The Evolution Of Social Work Ethics, Frederic Reamer
The Evolution Of Social Work Ethics, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
The recent ratification of a new NASW Code of Ethics--the most ambitious set of ethical guidelines in social work's history--marks an important stage in the profession's development. This article traces the evolution of ethical norms, principles, and standards in social work during four stages in the profession's history: (1) the morality period, (2) the values period, (3) the ethical theory and decision-making period, and (4) the ethical standards and risk management period. In the past 100 years, social work has moved from a preoccupation with clients' morality and values to the formulation of comprehensive ethical guidelines for practice. In recent …
Ethical And Legal Standards In Social Work, Frederic Reamer
Ethical And Legal Standards In Social Work, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
Social workers frequently encounter circumstances involving ethical and legal issues. In many instances, relevant ethical and legal standards complement each other; however, in some circumstances, ethical and legal standards conflict. This article provides a comprehensive overview of the relationship between U.S. ethical and legal standards in social work. The author presents a conceptually based typology of 4 types of relationships between legal and ethical standards. Case examples are included. The author concludes with a decision-making framework designed to enhance social workers' constructive management of difficult decisions involving ethical and legal standards.
The Use Of Modern Technology In Social Work, Frederic Reamer
The Use Of Modern Technology In Social Work, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
The article focuses on ethical dilemmas regarding the use of modern technology in social work practice. The practice of social work has changed dramatically since its formal inception nearly a century ago. Methods of intervention, theories of human behavior and the social environment, research agendas, funding and reimbursement procedures, and training programs have evolved over the years to keep pace with an ever expanding number of social and personal problems with which social workers deal. Although some of the profession's contemporary concerns are comparable to those faced by the earliest social workers, others were unknown to social work's first practitioners. …
Aids, Social Work, And The "Duty To Protect", Frederic Reamer
Aids, Social Work, And The "Duty To Protect", Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
This article discusses social workers' obligation in cases where clients with aquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) pose a threat to a third party. Emphasis is on cases where a client diagnosed with AIDS withholds that information from a sexual partner. Legal and ethical issues concerning the limits of confidentiality and the social worker's "duty to protect" third parties are reviewed. Relevant case law and emerging ethical standards in various professions are summarized. The author reviews legal precedents concerning disclosure of confidential information without a client's permission and discusses their relevance to AIDS cases. Implications and guidelines for social workers are …
The Community Of Rights / Book Review, Frederic Reamer
The Community Of Rights / Book Review, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
Reviews the book "The Community of Rights" by A. Gewirth.
Social Work Scholarship And Gatekeeping, Frederic Reamer
Social Work Scholarship And Gatekeeping, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
This article responds to Pardeck and Meinert’s claim that editorial board members for the journal Social Work lack adequate records of scholarship. Pardeck and Meinert raise a number of compelling points about the qualifications of the journal’s editorial board members. The author argues, however, that Pardeck and Meinert’s results might be different if they broadened their definition of scholarship to include books and anthology chapters, and examined a more substantial time period. Furthermore, the author argues that many qualified editorial board members can be drawn from the ranks of accomplished scholars who are at a point in their careers where …
The Social Work Ethics Audit, Frederic Reamer
The Social Work Ethics Audit, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
In recent years, social work's knowledge base related to professional ethics has expanded significantly. However, most practicing social workers concluded their formal professional education at a time when comprehensive ethics education was not a critical or mandated component of the curriculum. This article integrates current knowledge on social work ethics and introduces the concept of a social work ethics audit to aid social workers in their efforts to identify pertinent ethical issues; review and assess the adequacy of their current ethics-related practices; modify their practices as needed; and monitor the implementation of these changes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR].
Deciding For Others, Frederic Reamer
Deciding For Others, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
One of the sadder features of life is that some individuals lose or never develop the ability to make decisions for themselves. Limitations due to age, mental disability, or physical disability sometimes interfere with individuals' capacity to make important judgments about their medical treatment, financial arrangements, and other personal matters.
Ethical Issues In Counseling / Book Review, Frederic Reamer
Ethical Issues In Counseling / Book Review, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
Since the late 1970s, the professions have paid increased attention to ethical issues. Professions as diverse as law, medicine, engineering, business, journalism, nursing, law enforcement, psychology, and social work have taken a keen interest in the ethical dimensions of practice.
Aids And Ethics, Frederic Reamer
Aids And Ethics, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
The seriousness of the AIDS crisis is well known. Since the first case was documented in Los Angeles in 1981, the media have been filled with research updates, documentaries, and exposes on the dreaded disorder. Reports and case studies have ranged from informative to sensational. They have included serious academic studies, educational overviews targeted for the general public, and columns in weekly tabliods.
Social Workers' Management Of Error, Frederic Reamer
Social Workers' Management Of Error, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
Social workers, like all professionals, sometimes make mistakes. For example, they may disclose clients' confidential information inappropriately, fail to respond to clients' reasonable requests in a timely manner, or engage in improper dual relationships with clients. Ideally, social workers who err would follow a protocol that honors the profession's commitment to responsible and honest communication and minimizes the practical risks faced by social workers who might be named in lawsuits, licensing board complaints, and ethics complaints. This article explores the nature and forms of social work error and possible constructive responses to it that (a) protect clients, (b) minimize risk …
The Free Will-Determinism Debate And Social Work, Frederic Reamer
The Free Will-Determinism Debate And Social Work, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
Social workers'judgments about the determinants of clients' problems have a substantial effect on practitioners' willingness to provide assistance. There is considerable variation in professionals' beliefs about the extent to which clients are themselves responsible for their difficulties, as opposed to factors that are beyond their control. This article examines the philosophical controversy known as the free will-determinism debate, and assesses its implications for the profession of social work.
Ethics Committees In Social Work, Frederic Reamer
Ethics Committees In Social Work, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
This article discusses the need of professional ethics committees, which will provide guidelines for social workers on the moral needs and limitations of their clients. Course content in social work training programs, workshops, and literature on the subject have increased substantially since the mid-1970s. In part, this is due to increased awareness among social workers that decisions in practice often contain ethical issues that clinical and technical tools alone cannot resolve. Complex decisions about limitations on clients' right to confidentiality or self -determination, allocation of limited social service resources, and whistle blowing have led social workers to seek guidelines to …
The Mystery Of Goodness, Frederic Reamer
The Mystery Of Goodness, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
Reviews the book `The Mystery of Goodness: Positive Moral Consequences of Psychotherapy,' by Mary Nichols. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR].
Aids And Social Work, Frederic Reamer
Aids And Social Work, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
Social workers are becoming increasingly involved in casework and social policy debate related to the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) crisis. To enhance their delivery of services and contribution to policy formulation, social workers need to be familiar with a wide range of ethical and civil liberties issues that have been generated by the AIDS epidemic. This article provides an overview of six major ethical and civil liberties issues pertaining to social work practice related to AIDS: (1) mandatory screening and testing of clients for the immunodeficiency virus (HIV), (2) client access to health insurance, (3) professionals' duty to treat …
The Affordable Housing Crisis And Social Work, Frederic Reamer
The Affordable Housing Crisis And Social Work, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
The article examines the housing crisis in the United States in 1989. It also focuses on problems concerning the preservation of affordable housing and relationship between direct service and housing policy. An increasing percentage of social worker's clients are facing serious housing problems. Escalating housing costs and an inadequate supply of affordable housing have saddled low and moderate income. Americans with a burden that is beyond their control. The magnitude and determinants of the current housing crisis are also examined. Also, problems concerning the preservation of existing affordable housing, and rent subsidies are reviewed. Finally, an overview of innovative approaches …
Clarifying Priorities In Social Work Education, Frederic Reamer
Clarifying Priorities In Social Work Education, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
This article clarifies priorities in social work education. One of the hottest controversies among people these days concerns the proliferation of social work education programs. Proponents claim the need to enhance students' access by increasing the number of pro- grams throughout the United States. Critics, however, worry about saturating certain geographical "markets" and inadequate quality control. Programs always develop reputations, whether deserved or not. Some become known as weak, others as strong. Others become tagged with "too clinical" or "not clinical enough." Whatever the labels, all programs seem to have them. Yet, the labels often have a life of their …
Cultivating Leadership In Social Work Education, Frederic Reamer
Cultivating Leadership In Social Work Education, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
The article focuses on the views of the author on issues related to leadership in schools of social work. As in all fields, along with weak and ineffectual leaders, there are a number of remarkably talented, bright, inspired, and inspirational leaders in social work education. Leadership is an ill-defined quality and can be exceedingly difficult to teach and develop..
Ethics, The Social Sciences, And Policy Analysis / Book Review, Frederic Reamer
Ethics, The Social Sciences, And Policy Analysis / Book Review, Frederic Reamer
Frederic G Reamer
Reviews the book "Ethics, the Social Sciences, and Policy Analysis," edited by Daniel Callahan and Bruce Jennings..